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...except that's not what it's saying at all. They're scaling back their initial goal to deploy worldwide because it's working so well in smaller deployments, a
by QuercusMax 10y ago
...except that's not what it's saying at all. They're scaling back their initial goal to deploy worldwide because it's working so well in smaller deployments, and the worldwide deployment doesn't make sense.
- mturmon 10y agoStrong disagree. Every other sentence in the article is about scaling back! Which successful small developments did you see substantiated in the article? The Sri Lanka development mentioned in TFA seems to have been abandoned (http://www.dailymirror.lk/article/-Proposed-Google-Loon-project-in-danger-123942.html http://www.dailymirror.lk/article/-Proposed-Google-Loon-proj...). The one in India seems to have been abandoned. It looks like the project has narrowed down into a focused "small demo" phase that is no longer commensurate with the original scope of the project. Remember how Google exited Fiber? It was the same combination of re-scoping and backing away from nationwide ambition, over years. It sucks when novel, ambitious engineering ideas don't get the support initially promised (I could tell stories...), but we can't fail to see the directional information given in the article.
- Eridrus 10y agoThe news about Sri Lanka is disappointing, but unless you think it's entirely spin it seems reasonable to look at other countries where carriers may be friendlier and spectrum easier to acquire.